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Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss and chose to bat first against Delhi Daredevils in an Indian Premier League match at the Eden Gardens here on Thursday. Both the teams made a change each while KKR brought in spinner Sunil Narine dropping Ryan ten Doeschate, DD have played Albie Morkel […]

Kolkata Knight Riders spinner Sunil Narine was today cleared to bowl his off-spinners by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after undergoing a successful correction of his bowling action

A confident India outfit pulled off a 2-0 win over Japan in the second match of the four Test series here yesterday

Madrid: Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal, ranked fourth in the world, was given an honorary doctoral degree by the European University of Madrid in a ceremony attended by hundreds of students. In Nadal’s speech before receiving the degree on yesterday, he underlined “values and family” as “fundamental elements” to understanding his career and his life, […]

Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir yesterday lauded pacer Umesh Yadav for setting up the 35-run victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad by claiming two crucial wickets in the opening over of the innings. Having climbed to the third position in the league table following the win, an upbeat Gambhir also praised his batsmen for their […]

Mumbai: Ajinkya Rahane and Karun Nair displayed superb batting skills to help Rajasthan Royals post a challenging 189/2 against Delhi Daredevils in an Indian Premer League (IPL) match at the Brabourne Stadium here on Sunday. Rahane smashed an unbeaten 91 off 54 balls which included nine fours and three sixes, whereas his partner Nair hit […]

Mohali: Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium here on Sunday. Teams: MI: Lendl Simmons, Parthiv Patel, Uumukt Chand, Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, Jagadeesha Suchith, […]

Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad came out with a strong team performance to defeat Indian Premier League(IPL) table-toppers Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 22 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium here on Saturday night. Put into bat, Sunrisers piled on a challenging 192/7 in 20 overs with the help of skipper David Warner, who smashed […]

Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to field against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Saturday. Teams: KKR: Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir (Captain), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Andre Russell, Ryan ten Doeschate, Yusuf Pathan, Pat Cummins, […]

Indian hockey team defender Birendra Lakra said that their upcoming bilateral Test series against Japan is a good opportunity of getting the playing XI right

Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Chennai Super Kings by 7 wickets in their Indian Premier League game at the Eden Gardens yesterday. Having extracted sweet revenge against the Chennai Super Kings at home – only two days after going down to the three time winners in an away match – Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam […]

Kolkata: Chennai Super Kings made 165/9 against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League game at the Eden Gardens here on Thursday. Brendon McCullum top scored for the visitors with 32, followed by Dwayne Bravo 30. Pawan Negi (27) and Ravindra Jadeja (24) were the other major contributors with the bat. For […]

Mumbai: Ranchi’s JSCA International Stadium Complex is set to host the Indian Premier League’s second play-off qualifier on May 22, according to the Indian cricket board. As per the revised Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015 play-offs schedule announced by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the second qualifier would be played between the […]

Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) right-arm spinner Sunil Narine has been banned from bowling off-spinners in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) for a suspected illegal action, a Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) release said today

Chennai: Praising the fielding efforts of his side Chennai Super Kings, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said they were “outstanding” on the field in the thriling two-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in an Indian Premier League match at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here on Tuesday. Replying to the CSK’s 134/6, KKR fell short by […]